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Roscoe Ates

Roscoe Ates

From Wikipedia Roscoe Ates (January 20, 1895 – March 1, 1962) was an American vaudeville performer, actor of stage and screen, comedian and musician who primarily was featured in western films and television. He was best known as western character Soapy Jones.

Known for

The Ladies Man

1961 • Pet Shop Owner

The Silent Call

The Silent Call

The Sheepman

1958 • Town Loafer (uncredited)

The Big Caper

1957 • Falkenburg

Come Next Spring

Come Next Spring

1956 • Shorty Wilkins

Lucy Gallant

1955 • Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

1955 • Wagon Driver

Those Redheads from Seattle

Those Redheads from Seattle

1953 • Dan Taylor

Full filmography

The Ladies Man

1961 • Pet Shop Owner

The Silent Call

The Silent Call

1961 • Sid

The Sheepman

1958 • Town Loafer (uncredited)

The Big Caper

1957 • Falkenburg

Come Next Spring

Come Next Spring

1956 • Shorty Wilkins

Lucy Gallant

1955 • Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

1955 • Wagon Driver

Those Redheads from Seattle

Those Redheads from Seattle

1953 • Dan Taylor

The Stranger Wore a Gun

The Stranger Wore a Gun

1953 • Jake Hooper

The Blazing Forest

The Blazing Forest

1952 • Beans

Father's Wild Game

Father's Wild Game

1950 • Rancher

Hills of Oklahoma

Hills of Oklahoma

1950 • Dismal - the Cook

Thunder in the Pines

Thunder in the Pines

1948 • Wheezer, Boomer's head logger

Inner Sanctum

1948 • Willie

The Tioga Kid

1948 • Soapy

The Hawk of Powder River

The Hawk of Powder River

1948 • Soapy Jones

The Westward Trail

The Westward Trail

1948 • Soapy Jones

Tornado Range

1948 • Soapy Jones

Check Your Guns

Check Your Guns

1948 • Soapy Jones

Shadow Valley

1947 • Soapy Jones

Black Hills

1947 • Soapy Jones

West to Glory

1947 • Soapy Jones

Range Beyond the Blue

Range Beyond the Blue

1947 • Soapy Jones

Wild Country

1947 • Soapy Jones

Wild West

1946 • Soapy Jones

Stars Over Texas

Stars Over Texas

1946 • Soapy Jones

Driftin' River

1946 • Soapy

Down Missouri Way

Down Missouri Way

1946 • Pappy

Tumbleweed Trail

Tumbleweed Trail

1946 • Soapy Jones

Colorado Serenade

Colorado Serenade

1946 • Soapy

Can't Help Singing

Can't Help Singing

1944 • Lemuel (uncredited)

The Great Moment

The Great Moment

1944 • Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)

The Palm Beach Story

The Palm Beach Story

1942 • Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

1942 • Police Chief Dan Cady

Birth of the Blues

Birth of the Blues

1941 • Cab Driver (uncredited)

One Foot in Heaven

One Foot in Heaven

1941 • George Reynolds (uncredited)

I'll Sell My Life

I'll Sell My Life

1941 • Happy Hogan

Reg'lar Fellers

Reg'lar Fellers

1941 • Emory McQuade

Bad Men of Missouri

Bad Men of Missouri

1941 • Lafe

She Knew All the Answers

She Knew All the Answers

1941 • Gas Station Attendant

Ziegfeld Girl

1941 • Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)

Robin Hood of the Pecos

Robin Hood of the Pecos

1941 • Jailer Guffy

Chad Hanna

1940 • Ike Wayfish

I Want a Divorce

I Want a Divorce

1940 • Process Server

The Cowboy from Sundown

The Cowboy from Sundown

1940 • Deputy Gloomy Day

Captain Caution

Captain Caution

1940 • Chips

Untamed

1940 • Bert Dillon

You're Next!

1940 • Mr. Tillson

Rancho Grande

1940 • Ranch Hand

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

1939 • Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)

Three Texas Steers

Three Texas Steers

1939 • Sheriff Brown

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1938 • Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith

Riders of the Black Hills

Riders of the Black Hills

1938 • Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)

God's Country and the Woman

God's Country and the Woman

1937 • Gander Hopkins

1936 • Elmer Goodge

On the Wagon

1935 • Elmer

Why Pay Rent?

1935 • Elmer Whipple

The People's Enemy

The People's Enemy

1935 • Slip Laflin

Dizzy & Daffy

1934 • 'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire

Woman in the Dark

Woman in the Dark

1934 • Tommy Logan

So You Won't T-T-T-Talk

So You Won't T-T-T-Talk

1934 • Elmer Whipple

She Made Her Bed

She Made Her Bed

1934 • Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)

Merry Wives of Reno

Merry Wives of Reno

1934 • The Trapper

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

1933 • Fish

1933 • Himself

Golden Harvest

1933 • Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou

King Kong

1933 • Press Photographer (uncredited)

Scarlet River

1933 • Ulysses

What! No Beer?

1933 • Schultz

Lucky Devils

1933 • Gabby

The Past of Mary Holmes

The Past of Mary Holmes

1933 • Bill-poster Klondike

The Cheyenne Kid

The Cheyenne Kid

1933 • Bush (as Rosco Ates)

Renegades of the West

Renegades of the West

1932 • Dr. Henry Fawcett

Sham Poo, the Magician

Sham Poo, the Magician

1932 • Tourist

Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

1932 • Self

Come on Danger!

Come on Danger!

1932 • Rusty (as Rosco Ates)

Hold 'Em Jail

1932 • Slippery Sam Brown

The Roadhouse Murder

The Roadhouse Murder

1932 • Edmund Joyce

Young Bride

1932 • Pool Room Bartender Mike

Never the Twins Shall Meet

1932 • Alfred Guppy / Albert Guppy

Ladies of the Jury

Ladies of the Jury

1932 • Andrew MacKaig

The Rainbow Trail

The Rainbow Trail

1932 • Ike Wilkins

Freaks

1932 • Roscoe

The Big Shot

1931 • Rusty

The Champ

1931 • Sponge

The Great Lover

The Great Lover

1931 • Rosco

Too Many Cooks

1931 • Mr. Wilson

A Free Soul

1931 • Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)

Politics

1931 • Peter Higgins

Cimarron

1931 • Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)

Reducing

1931 • Ticket Agent

Billy the Kid

1930 • Old Stuff

Those Three French Girls

Those Three French Girls

1930 • Elmer (uncredited)

Check and Double Check

Check and Double Check

1930 • Brother Arthur

Soup to Nuts

1930 • Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)

Love in the Rough

Love in the Rough

1930 • Proprietor

The Big House

1930 • Putnam

Double Cross Roads

Double Cross Roads

1930 • Ticket Agent

City Girl

1930 • Reaper

Roscoe Ates – Biography, Known For & Filmography